[Cover photo credit to Anthony Dubois]

On their upcoming album, Ekbom, the French Death Metal band Benighted “crawl through a house of horrors”. Ekbom takes its name from a real-life syndrome that makes people “believe their skin is infested with bugs.”

The band have released the second single off Ekbom, “Nothing Left to Fear” featuring Oli Peters from their label mates Archspire. The track was inspired by “truly horrifying tales of psychological suffering.”

Benighted comments:

‘Nothing Left to Fear’ features our brother and incredible vocalist Oli from Archspire. This is the fastest track we’ve ever written. It starts off at 402 bpm! The combination of Julien and Oli’s vocals makes it soooo brutal! We hope you like this new song and share it to the maximum. Enjoy!

Benighted are hitting the road in April for the Hellfest Warm-up Tour. The French band are bringing along the support of Ten56 for these 13 lucky shows. Rise of the North Star, Stinky & KAMIZOL K will also join them on select dates.

Hellfest Warm-Up Tour 2024:
April 19: Clermont Ferrand, FR @ La Cooperative de Mai
April 20: Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
April 21: Biarritz, FR @ Atabal
April 22: Cahors, FR @ Les Docks
April 23: Montpellier, FR @ Victorie 2
April 25: Nice, FR @ Stockfish
April 26: Crest, FR @ Bridge to Hell
April 27: Lausanne, CH @ Docks
April 28: Montbeliard, FR @ L’Axone
April 30: Oignies, FR @ La Metaphone
May 2: Paris, FR @ Cité de la Musique
May 3: Cherbourg, FR @ La Breche
May 4: Nantes, FR @ Warehouse